MJ sweeps 4 weekend games

A king was crowned, a milestone was recognized and most importantly, the Mt. Juliet High basketball program chalked up four wins in action Friday and Saturday night. Anyway you slice it, sweeping back-to-back doubleheaders makes for a pretty good weekend.

Mt. Juliet went on the road Saturday and took a pair from Lebanon High at Campbell Brandon Gymnasium.

Trailing by as many as 15 points in the second quarter, the Lady Bears came roaring back and knocked off Lebanon 63-53.

The win was pretty good birthday present for Coach Chris Fryer, who had been honored the night before for winning his 300th career game at Mt. Juliet (against just 53 losses).

"We came out a little flat, but give Lebanon credit," Fryer said, "they crashed the offensive boards like mad."

Lebanon took a 25-10 lead in the second only to see Lady Bear Carissa Peterson knock down three 3-point baskets in a 14-2 MJ run.

Led by Peterson, Mt. Juliet cut Lebanon’s lead to just 27-24 at intermission.

Ninth grader Caya Williams led Mt. Juliet with 22 points, 20 of which came in the second half. Peterson had 12 points and Britt Bell 10, eight of while came after intermission as Mt. Juliet improved to 20-3 on the season.